Not Quite the Response I had Expected
Hey... I know I'm on the way out here. Just over six days left. People are going to be getting testy. Some will get nervous and anxious about the "what ifs" of me leaving. That's certainly understandable. I was more than a little worried when Jeremy left, but I also understood that it wasn't he that was the problem. He did what most would do - wrote up what he had and then it was up to me to get it working. That's just the way things are.
But it seems that's not universally the case in this place.
For the last several meetings I've been getting an increasing sense of animosity from the people that I'm doing this favor for. Let's face it, I could have left with less notice, or not had as much written down, or not had all the web sites for each project detailing all the workings - no one else has this level of documentation, and I've never seen anyone sit through three days of de-briefings.
And still... I get the grief.
I'm stunned. Maybe it's something that's been building up, I have no idea. Maybe it's because I've gotten no response from most of the IT management on my leaving - no "Hey, heard you were going, sorry to loose you". Nothing. It's just professionalism... common courtesy... it's not burning your bridges. But that's not happened. Oh well... I'm remembering all this very carefully as it's one of the reasons I had decided to leave. It's confirmed in this week that things are not all happy and chummy here. They are quite adversarial.
But I only have six and a half more days and I'm gone. God Bless CTC.